Program 2019

The complete program of the 12. LICHTER Filmfest

International Program on the topic of Nature

For the 12th edition of the LICHTER Filmfest we're shining a light onto the world we live in, with all its fascinations and beauty, but are also illustrating how endangered it is as well as its dangers.

Section „Zukunft Deutscher Film“ - Program 2019

Regional Program 2019

The films of the regional long- and short film programme bring the entire range of Hessian filmmaking tot he screen. LICHTER is excited to present the audience an unusually strong and facetted regional competition.

A thirty-year long odyssey in search of answers to the existential question “Why are we creative?” In the course of his project, filmmaker Hermann Vaske traveled the world and spoke to countless artists. In the presence of the director Hermann Vaske.

Who does not long for some relaxing time out every now and then? Lola Randl presents a witty and ironic Mockumentary and a clever analysis of modern human beings in times of slowing down and being mindful. With following Film Talk.

Alongside many inhabitants of the now dilapidated building, three Frankfurt filmmakers trace back the history of this place, which combines the history of film and colonial history like no other. In the presence of the directors.

In her experimental film, Andrea Bussmann tries to reconstruct the image of pre-colonial times, in which country and capital were not yet synonymous. In the presence of members of the mexican consulate.

Claire Denis' film High Life does neither fit into traditional standards of the genre, nor does it follow the tradition of experimental cinematic language like Tarkowski. In between, the light is more glaring and colours are brighter.

Accompanied by gripping music and told through multiple timelines, Max Gleschinski manages a complex structure of human relationships and emotions one cannot separate from. In the presence of the director.

With Nuestro tiempo, Carlos Reygadas paints a breathtaking picture of a decaying social class, which took its own order for granted for a long time. In the presence of Eduardo Ruiz Mazón (Deputy consul of Mexico in Frankfurt)​

Election campaign for the Bundestag 2017: In Rhineland-Pfalz, where political explosiveness is usually close to non-existent, one can witness ambitious competition for the direct mandate. In the presence of the director Michael Schwarz.

Ana gives birth to her first child at the local hospital. But joy is soon followed by shock: she is untraceable in the digital records. A gripping race against time begins. In the presence of the producer Christoph Thoke.​

In a dystopian “Mad Max”-like version of Mexico, nine-year-old Huck is being hidden by her father. This is necessary as a Mafia organisation that rules ruthlessly in this apocalyptic spirit world is in the habit of hunting on women, of whom there aren ́t many left.

35 years after the war on the Falkland islands, Argentinian and British veterans meet each in scripted situations – in a film studio, a public pool or at a table of tin soldiers. Following: Film-Talk with Anette Reschke and Matthias Pees. In the presence of the director Lola Arias.

Willka and Phasi live on a little farm that is located five thousand metres above the ocean and a day´s journey from the next town.
Wiñaypacha is a highly emotional film and the impressive camera imaging importantly contributes to this.